Pfizer Recalls 4 Drugs That Could Kill Patients

Pfizer is recalling intravenous drugs with floating matter in them, warning they could potentially kill weak patients. The products made by Claris Lifescience and distributed in the U.S. by Pfizer are antibiotics Metronidazole and Ciprofloxacin and a drug used to prevent nausea and vomiting cause by surgery and chemotherapy, named Ondansetron. The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and hospitals not to use the drug because of worries the floating matter meant products weren’t sterile. In addition to the recall, Pfizer is halting its distribution of all sterile injectable products and IV bags licensed from Claris.